This program is 28 minutes long
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) President Bush's desire for a summit meeting with Russian President Boris Yeltsin noted. Report introduced.
(State Department: John McWethy) Issues of who will control nuclear and other weapons and what will happen to the economy in what was the Soviet union featured. [BUSH - talks about the arms agreement; criticizes Cuba's Fidel Castro for sticking with Communism.]
(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Moscow: John Donvan) Yeltsin's economic program now that Gorbachev is gone examined; scenes shown of Mikhail Gorbachev, the day after his retirement as Soviet president, featured; details given of his views on Yeltsin and of the official dissolution of the Parliament.
(Studio: Carole Simpson) "PrimeTime Live" special on Gorbachev's final hours previewed.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Tbilisi, Georgia: Sheilah Kast) Rebel attack in Georgia on President Zviad Gamsakhurdia featured; scenes shown from inside the Parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia. [GAMSAKHURDIA - says we can win.] Status of the fighting between the two sides reviewed.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Announcement by President Bush that he is nominating Barbara Franklin as his new Commerce Secretary, replacing Robert Mosbacher, reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Washington: Stephen Aug) Post-Christmas retail sales featured. [Two WOMEN, retail analyst Stig KRY, Natural Wonders, Incorporated, Melisia BARBERA - talk about sales.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) New lawsuit against Rockwell International, the company that used to run the nuclear weapons plant in Rocky Flats, Colorado, reported.
(Denver: Tom Foreman) FBI investigation of earlier safety violations charges against Rockwell featured; scenes shown of Rocky Flats plant. [Employees Jacqueline REBER, Karen PITTS - say company deliberately harassed them so they won't talk.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Animals rights activists in Italy reported breaking into University of Padua to release laboratory animals.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(London: John Laurence) Campaign in England against fox hunting featured; scenes shown from a hunt and from League Against Cruel Sports video of foxes being killed during a hunt that was shown on British TV. [Male HUNTER - comments.] [Disguised animal rights ACTIVIST - says his video showed the bloody side of fox hunting.] [Female HUNTER - comments.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Santa Barbara, California: Beth Nissen) Issue of alcohol-related traffic accidents examined; scenes shown of President Bush's public service announcement on designated drivers. [Harvard Alcohol Project Dr. Jay WINSTEIN - comments.] The growing criticism of the designated driver program cited. [Marin Institution James MOSHER, BARTENDER - comment.] [Cottage Hospital Dr. Chris LAMBERT - talks about the alcohol-related business his emergency department handles.] [University of California- Berkeley professor Lawrence WALLACK - says designated driver deflects interest away from other strategies.] Different strategies to counter intoxication and foster responsible drinking outlined. [Advocacy Institution George HACKER - comments.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Schwyz, Switzerland: Jim Bittermann) 100th anniversary of the Swiss army knife featured; scenes shown of use of the knife on television show "MacGyver" and by astronauts on the space shuttle Discovery. [Swiss SOLDIER, inventor's grandson Charles ELSENER - comment.]
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